From c37954d9355b6a2e3c1ccb7ab06f0fcdd3fd1076 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Barton Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:10:07 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] saio truncate instead of dd (for reals) Changing that complex dd to a functionally equivalent truncate that's easier to read and modify. DocImpact Change-Id: I64404318364608e62a1d80f6a0550271eb4cd03a --- doc/source/development_saio.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/development_saio.rst b/doc/source/development_saio.rst index 18de01c105..3b5c692ad6 100755 --- a/doc/source/development_saio.rst +++ b/doc/source/development_saio.rst @@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ Using a loopback device for storage If you want to use a loopback device instead of another partition, follow these instructions. #. `mkdir /srv` - #. `dd if=/dev/zero of=/srv/swift-disk bs=1024 count=0 seek=1000000` - (modify seek to make a larger or smaller partition) + #. `truncate -s 1GB /srv/swift-disk` + (modify size to make a larger or smaller partition) #. `mkfs.xfs -i size=1024 /srv/swift-disk` #. Edit `/etc/fstab` and add `/srv/swift-disk /mnt/sdb1 xfs loop,noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier,logbufs=8 0 0`